gapers' block

gapers' block

Traffic congestion due to drivers' attention being simultaneously diverted to something, such as a collision or animals on or near the road. Primarily heard in US, South Africa. They were able to move the wreckage well off the road to allow cars to pass, but there remained a gaper's block on the highway for the better part of the morning.

Liz Hurley The lovely Miss H looks divine, until someone tells her a joke - `Did you hear the one about Liz giving up wearing gusset gapers and carrying her very long son around as if he were an accessory?

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